Reading by Kai Meyer from his five-part novel series “Die Seiten der Welt”
(The series was on the Spiegel bestseller list for several weeks)

From the content:

“Furia Salamandra Faerfax lives in a world of books. The fantastic realm of bibliomancy with its ancient libraries and stories is ruled by the tyrannical Three Houses. From a secret place, the Sanctuary, they rule over the destinies of all bibliomants. But Furia and her companions resist. To free their world from the oppressors, they embark on a dangerous search through the hidden refuges for the center of power – and encounter the greatest mystery of bibliomancy”.

After the reading (on Saturday 27 April 2019) there will be a Q&A and at the book table Kai Meyer’s novels can be purchased and signed.

Lecturer: Kai Meyer

Duration: 60 min - The Lecture will be held in: german

Kai Meyer was born on 23 July 1969 in Lübeck. After graduating from high school, he studied film, theatre and philosophy in Bochum for a few semesters and then worked as a trainee at a daily newspaper. Meanwhile he wrote his first novel, which was published by Lübbe Verlag in 1993; further books followed during his time as an editor. He has been a full-time writer since 1995 and has published over fifty novels to date. He has also published several screenplays, radio plays and comics. He lives in the Rhineland between Cologne and Eifel.

His breakthrough came in Kai Meyer 1994 with his first fictional novel DIE GEISTERSEHER, followed by the bestseller DIE ALCHIMISTIN. The MERLE trilogy, starting with DIE FLIESSENDE KÖNIGIN, became his first international success. Further multi-part series like DIE WELLENLÄUFER and DAS WOLKENVOLK followed. The three ARKADIEN novels and DIE SEITEN DER WELT books were also on the Spiegel bestseller list for several weeks.

The worldwide circulation of his novels amounts to several million copies. Translations are published in over thirty languages; there are editions in the USA, England, Japan, Italy, France, Spain and Russia.